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letters w ere from p ersons who were remaining with General n s army, and who were determined to continue there and could h t it out.--(Hear, hear.) H e did not t hi n k t h at Don Canos re have cont i nue d to maintain himself in the mountainous gions where he was if there was not treason in the Christinos camp, Even if there was, it would be an extremely difficult task for him to succeed.—( Hear, hear.) At any rate he was sure that the brave force under his Gallant Friend, General Ev ans, would never disgrace the character of British soldiers by sharin. in any p ar t o f t h e atroc i t i es and cruelties which had characterized the career of Don Carlos. He would only add, if the lion. Member for Oxford had made any attempt tis take th e sense of the House on the subject, that he would have found that Government was supported by a triumphant majority.—( Cheers. ) Sir JOHN ELLEY was anxious to make some observa tions on the military operations which had taken place under the superintendence of his Gallant Friend General Evans. On the landing of the British Legion it Spain, they were placed in barracks at St. Sebastian and Santander, which places were also occupied by a numerous corps of Spanish 4-° °l l6 . The first military movement in which General Evans and his forces were engaged was a reconnoisance from St. Sebastian. This was to be done to enable the forces to ad vance to Hernani, a town occupied by the Carlists. This place was about three or four miles from St. Sebastian, and in the road between St. Sebastian and Tolosa. After ad. 'alining a short distance to make the reconnoisance, the whole of the forces returned to St. Sebastian, and the result of the movement was, to leave the parties in exactly the same situa tions in whi c h t h ey were b e f ore. The next movement which General Evans was called upon to perform was to advance to Bilboa. At this place the troops found good lodging and good provisions, and had ample opportunities afforded of bring ing themselves into a state of discipline. He understood, and he was sorry to have to say it, that this was not done without resorting to constant punishment, which all must regret the necessity of, and more es p ec i a lly hi s G a ll an t F r i en d at t h e bead of that corps.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) He would just mention the nature of the punishment which it was found necessary to inflict. A provost-marshal was appointed to each battalion, and each of them had a surgeon, a drummer, a corp ora l , and six file of men constantly to attend him. The duty of this officer was such as to allow the exercise of almost absolute power ; for if he found a man deviating in the least d egree from the line of duty laid down, he ordered him to be "'zed, to be tied up, and gave him a couple of dozen lashes. (Great laughter, and cries of " hear, hear.") This must be admitted to be rather a strong measure ; but it might be said th at the end justified the means. At any rate, it so happened that it was found that the troops could not be brought into a state of discipline by any other means. After some time it was determined to leave the British force to garrison Bilboa, and t he Spanish army, which amounted to 15,000 men, under the orders of Gen. Espartero, were to set out for Vittoria. This City estas only twenty miles from Bilboa, and was not more au a two days' march. Gen. Espartero marched seven miles on his way, when he was met by the' Carlists and driven back, aid he was obliged to send to General Evans to come out to 'assist these 15,000 men in making good their retreat.— (Hear, hear.) The British force did so, but the Carlists followed, and continued firing into Bilboa for an hour 'and a half.—( Hear.) When General Espartero set out, lie prudently ,sent two battalions by a flatik road to prevent the Carlists operating on his flank or rear ; when he reiyeated, however, he forgot to send any information to those .two bsttalions. The consequence was, that those two batta lions we: e obliged either to wait for the attack of the whole earliat foi ce, or to swim the river Durango, which flows with great awiftnos. They endeavoured to pass the river, and he w as sorry to have to add, that 1,400 of them were drowned in the attempt. Soon after this, General Evans was ordered to 'avanee from Bilboa to Vittoria. He had not gone far, when' be found that the Carlists bad moved from Durango and taken tossersion of the road in which he was advancing. Did Gen. : v ans bring his men to action, and endeavour to force his $e did No ; he knew better.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) le did s o b ecaus e a general action was not his object ;_ he had received peremptory orders to proceed to Vittoria, and not to 'ilk anything. He , Sir John Elley) said this to disabuse the Public • and h e would add, that his Gallant Friend did not at tack the place and force it, because he had received positive orders not to do so. The question then was, what was the hest course to pursue? General Evans retrograded his force, 4 _ 412 if he intended to march back, but after returning some dis 'since, he turned on one side, and passed over a range of coun tty of the most difficult character, and the fatigues of his ," - '''"Ps was excessive. He did this to gain a third road to Vit 'ilk On the third day General Evans, like a good soldier, a nd for which he (Sir J. Elley) gave him credit, by a forced inareh of :15 miles, got before the Carlist forces, which had b r ”n sent across the country to intercept him, and arrived at s'nevara, which was rather a strong place, and capable of af lordino aea omins alation to the troops under his command. The soldiers were excessively fatigued, and a great number of them aere become sick ; a ;ad he understood General Evans was . confined t o hi s b e d f or _six or seven days, from anxiety o f nil a n ' - '• After some delay !he British Legion again moved, an d gai ne d the hi g h - road from B urgos to Miranda de Ebro. T he Carli s t s t h en occu pied one side of the Ebro, and General Cord ova came up, and the junctioo of the two armies took Although this movement was successful, the long and itrlizsii;h f orce; uing march laid the foundation of g , eat sickness in the and, notwithstanding assert ions to the con tras Y • e had dreason I- to believe that the hospiisds had been tt owdefi --(Hear, hear.) He lamented this, because he Was an x i ou s that British troops should succeed in any great e nterpris e; he cared not under whose command; he cared not f Or what object.-a-( Hear, hear.) Before he made other ob servations on this point he would advert to a remark made b y the H on . and Learned Member for Bath last night. pat Hon. Gentlefnan stated that the bodies of the Eng. lait soldiers could alwa;s be distinguished by the marks of ' t he la s h on their backs. The Hon. M t l?ember stated that he s id not say this on his own authority, but had taken it from wr ' e anecdotes written by a sergeant, probably in some penny publication.—( A laugh.) But he (Sir J. Elley) would ven talealso d s ay, that if this man was a sergeant, he had never seen lib 1 - °' battle.—( Hear, hear.) He would say that a greater r a t e ' °' more unfounded assertion, had never been made with t enee to the British army. If he might speak of such an Fumble individual as himself, he would observe that he bad . to sever a l h ar d f o u g ht actions—(Cheers) —he had wit ' - -se " mans an ensanguined field—and he asserted that it was in that that the French soldiers could distinguish the bodies °Fir EAglishmen f rom th ose o f their allies; and if from no other eunastanee, from the fact that the first thing that the French :"lis did., when they met the English, was to get out of the s I L a Y as fast as they could.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) On f° e ifith of s'anuary the Christino force moved from Vittoria, e r the Purpoo of attacking the Carlists. The right and ! i re roads were occupied by the Span i sh and French Le 4oL°S, and the left road was occupied by the diy v ision under „i:Peral Evans. There wssa a range of mountains on this road ,„ ,eb Gener a l E vans was to s'eeupy, and he not only sue i-aeued in a ll t h at he was directed do , but he did more, a n al s in 8 enabled to pass the Zamora river, and take up a position The l6th o ther divisions , which '" bad advanced on the . returned on the 17th, but, from some 2tra.nfLe cause, this Evans, The '-unistanee was not communicated to Genera._, 'esnit n , was, that in consequence of the retirement of the rig!it tr„ General Evans and his forces were placed in a situa- • o r th ef great jeopardy, which might have resulted in the loss lens: dut y General Evans, however, retired, but not till a Ina ,. of y rendered it imperative on him to do so. He re batZed here some time, but was eventually necessitated to fall read He ( Sir J. Elley) regretted to find that this affair had os se a powerful and very unpleasant impression on the minds "4,, vt ai of the principal officers. Indeed, those of our la id ` r s who had served in regular armies before this eone a sever e and disagreeable task to perform. Without the period, lacei ta l'ene e of General Evans, several Spanish officers had no:i t ve d Commissions, most of them so little acquainted with gwo matters, that they scarcely knew on which side their _ t r should dangle.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Before rel Evans went out, he (Sir J. Elley) told him he had , r zi to tske with him a military chest sufficient for six months. aris e Callan!: General said a three months' chest would be dn ungh, for that when he was exhausted all he would have to- En w el ° \ " i d be to Apply to the Spanish Treasury ; but he (Sir J. anpi : ' t°l d him t,:at it would be of very little use for him to lO ne ,Y " 1 that quarter. and so the event had shown. Not w a ,7 et : ago than last November the estimate of some battalion I,s o ren in fo r a mon th's pay and allowance, amounting to sus s '; and how much did the House think the Spanish Trea -246/ advanced towards this sum out of the military chest ? supply( Hear, hear, and laughter.) This was an e xtent of ‘erY inadequate to the purposes of the army. L en ° onel THOMPSON said the British army in Spain la theirsd under many seridus disadvantages, and every one of li es ; s B s t e,Ps had hitherto been attended with di ffi culties. At sit e i'',V l l these had been experienced to a very great extent. . had .th ee e least of these disadvantages consisted in that which Whi un. described as "the existence of a trinity of , Generals, Was .?„ a s not a trinity in unity." The Spanish Government fers,sugmatised for having availed itself of the assistance of In _v e ign troop s ; but he (Colonel Thompson) saw nothing murrh:lregnrradinsir or disgraceful in such a proceeding than in s i zing t recourse to German legions.---( Hear, hear.) theNo tba t e whole affair excited in him more surprise or anger , aspersions which were cast upon the composition of the th e Legi on in Spain What proof had been adduced that ZSsoisbers under General . Evans's orders were the inferior, Zg.sraden, and characterless men, they bad slanderously bean ei signated None. What proof was there but that these lisl e were not nreeis e ly the same who would have been en had _r d t . o f °l'm ten battali ons o f t h e B r i t i s h arm y if the occasion Isen ? What 'woofs were there that the officers of that s'egio n , . miss w were iruerior to those of the British army ? Which of ` ere inferior, and to whom ? Why then should these gratuitous assertions be made ? As to the proceedings in res l'C'etro risoners, though h e did not f or a mome nt advocate ise e .0 uelty of either party, lie could not but call to the recol unnolif the House, that not (slay years had passed since our but unfor tuna t e civil wars in Ireland, during which every gallant death, T he man who was taken prisoner, was doomed to _ t h e m example adopted by the .Spanish Generals had por r4e n t i t n n ,i m . in but too many contests, Yet there was one which the system might have been t an end to in Spain, by the interference of our soldiers ; b ut pu eatery chance o o f ,. t a b iis t was destroyed by the ferocious and cold-blooded words that tyrant whose every act rendered him richly deserving of fesion'a death which it was his (Colonel Thompson's) prayer 7 the despot might meet with. Th e L'enalla MAHON bad long ago declared his opinion that tiite raised in thi s eaanntry for the se rv i ce o f S pa i n was 0 inadequate to the 141 parssase. and wou ld d o no cre di t ~ British army, and the aveise lisssi confirmed his worst The :rain_ qaeatiou was 5i,44 ; —Was the of Spain supported J.7* not 1); 4 gre4 A l ili?ii4Y of nation ? If she was • Pl9., l rAnteSl, then 8, 4 4 Ph lit bad we to prop her up—to force . " 4,(2p the sh t ;, ± 4Blll :atis)ts by means of British bayonets.—( Hear • if til at :7_ B3 _, A i PPorted by q great majority of the nation, surely '""Josity ttAci no occasion for foreign assistance to enable them to put down a small insuirectior ary minority.—(Hear, hear.) The course which Government hack taken on this oc casion was in his opinion wholly inconsistent with either Bri tish policy or British. honour. —e Hear, hear.) He was ready to recognize the Quadruple Treaty, and to follow out its obligations, but not to advance a step beyond it. He would not have British troops to fight under any banner but that of their King and country. The Noble Lord then proceeded to refer to the transactions at Barcelona, which had not, he said, been adverted to. He wished to ask the Noble Lord opposite (Viscount Palmerston) whether Captain Parker, in the course which he had taken on that occasion, acted on his own responsibility, or upon instructions from home.— (Hear.) If in the latter case, he would ask whether the Noble Viscount would refuse to lay a copy of the insrructions upon which Captain Parker acted upon the table of the House. ( Hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin had thought fit to attack him (Lord Mahon) on the subject of Lord Eliot's negotiation. If anything proceeding from that Hon. and Learned Member could surprise him, it was this; for he (Lord Mahon) perfectly recollected that on a former occasion when this subject was regularly broughtbefore the House by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, the Honourable and Learned Member was pleased to say that the explanation made by him (Lord Mahon) was satisfactory, completely ad mitted all that he said, and advised the Hon. Member for Finsbury to withdraw the subject from before the House.— (Hear, hear.) Yet now the Hon. and Learted Member him self renewed the very same attack which before he admitted to be perfectly groundless. So far as regarded the Basque pro vinces—so far as regarded Navarre and Biscay, the cause of Don Carlos was connected with the privilege and freedom of the people, and he was surprised at the apathy of the Hon. Gentlemen opposite on the subject of those privileges, anxious as they were to distinguish themselves as the supporters of freedom on other occasions. In conclusion, the Noble Lord declared that he was connected with Spain by the nearest ties, he owed to that country the greater portion of his fortune— even his name was derived from it, and it was but natural, therefore, that he should take a lively interest in its welfare. Lord PALMERSTON and Mr. DUNCOMBE rose at the same time to address the House ; both the Hon. Members were loudly called for, but eventually the Member for Finsbury gave way. His Lordship was afraid when the Noble Lord op posite rose, that this debate was going to die a natural death ; for though the fire was kept up pretty briskly on this (the Mi nisterial) side of the House, yet it was easy to see that the ardor which had warmed Hon. Gentlemen on the other side, was in some danger of being altogether extinguished. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman who began this debate, having stated that he considered it exceedingly important to bring the subject before the House, struggled for pre cedence for the better part of an hour, with the Hon. Gentle man who wished to bring forward another question which was adjourned to this evening, and at last prevailed, having; it must be presumed, satisfied the House of the extreme urgency of the motion of which he had given notice. Any one who had seen the fervour—any one who had witnessed the greatimpa tience of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, Would no doubt have imagined that the subject was either some measure into which the Government were about rashly to embark, or some measure of recent date, of which he was anxious to prevent the evil consequences, by stretching forth his saying hand, and di recting back the Government from the imprudent course they had entered upon.—( Hear, and a laugh.) He was supposing that a stranger had witnessed these proceedings ; and he would further suppose that, having learnt that the motion had refe rence to a treaty and Order inCouncil, he rushed to the library of the House to see the date of the treaty, and the date on which the Order in Council was issued. The result of such an investigation would be the discovery that the treaty was two years old—( Cries of " Hear, hear")—and the Order in Coun cil was issued, not in January last, but ' in June, 1835. (Laughter and cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, then, having had ample time to reflect on the subject—the time between the date of the order, viz., the 10th of June and the period when Parliament was prorogued, that is, last Sep tember, not having been sufficiently long to enable him to condense his ideas into a practical shape, so as to satisfy him whether it was his duty or not to call on the House to inter pose—( Laughter)—after eight months' deliberation, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman gets up with this motion, and to an swer a speech which in June was made by him (Lord Pal merston.) The deliberation of the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman at one time, and his very particular impatience at ano- Cier, made a contrast which was undoubtedly very striking and remarkable.—(Cheers and laughter.) The measure com plained of by the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen was simply a permission given, or he should rather say, a prohibition re tracted—( Cries of hear, and cheers)—which a recent law had imposed on the subjects of this country, to prevent them from entering into a foreign service. The effect of the order in council was simply to leave the matter as it was under the common law— as it was before the Acts of George 11. had passed. That order in council was merely to restore to the British people the freedom of choice. They might stay at home if they pleased, but it drew from them the interdict which the statute law had interposed to prevent them from joining in a noble un dertaking, if that was their desire. Let him ask what were the precedents of Elizabeth? In the time of Charles I. were the cases merely those in which the King's subjects were free to do as they chose ? Directly the reverse. These were cases with which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman must be acquainted. He must know that Queen Elizabeth sent first to assist the Hugonots in France, and next the revolted sub jects. in Spain ; and not only gave her subjects permission to engage in the war, but did that which the present Govern ment bad been accused of doing—she accomplished in an indirect and underhand way what she did not choose to do. openly. Being restrained by prudential reasons from openly declaring war in her own name, she not only gave permission to her subjects to engage in the war, but gave money and other efficient aid—sent 6,000 men to assist the Hugunots, and 6,000 men to the Low Countries, furnished them with arms, supplied her own artillery—did, in short, not only what had been done by the Government of which he was a Member. in the present case, but took a more active line in the way of interfering.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The precedent of Charles I. was of exactly the same description. Citadels raised the army which marched under the Marquis of Hamilton. Could it be said, then, that there were no precedents for the mea sures of the present Government ? lie had heard it asserted also that it was contrary to the laws of nations for the subjects of one Power to fight in the country and under the banners of another. Why, really, did the Hon. and Learned Member suppose that the Hon. Gentlemen to whom such arguments were addressed— Mr, MACLEAN observed that he was misunderstood —he he did not say what the Noble Loid was attributing to him. Lord PALMERSTON continued—Well, then, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had said that such a course was con trary to the honour of nations and the practice of nations, and a thing improper and deserving of the censure of the House. —( Hear, hear.) Why, what happened at the time of the re vok in the Low Countries ? The army of Prince Maurice was composed of men of all nations, whose love of freedom in duced them to fight in his ranks, and by their gallant conduct secured those victories by which he was distinguished. In that battle which was fought in Nieupont, the auxiliaries were mainly instrumental in securing the victory., When Ostend was taken, who were the officers who eammended the garri seri ? Were they not the Dutchman ; Hepburn, the Scotch man ; end Sir Philip Do Yere, the Englishman ? To say, alien the seNects of one country were fighting in the ranks and under the banners of another country, and on that ac count any man was jastified in denouncing suet. persons, or declaring he would put them to death because he was inter fering in the affairs of s another eenntrv, and no foreigner had a right to fight under any banners but his own—of that doctrine, when propounded, he would say, that it was false, and contrary to the stream of historical facts in every part of Europe. , Then the Hon, and Learned Gentleman said that the precedents were not in point—why, he was at a loss to make cut. In the case of Queen Elizabeth, it was English troops fighting in the Netherlands, and in this case it was English troops fighting in Spain,—(Hear, hear hear.) The Hon, and Learned Gentleman laid atracs on this—that our troops were now fighting on Spanish ground, and not under the chief command of an English officer; whereas he (Ills Lordship) had shown them In the cases quoted, that a course precisely similar was taken : our auxiliaries, though com manded by British generals, were embodied In an army the chief command of which was vested in a foreigner. The Hon. and LcarnedGentlemao next affirmed that he condemned the conduct of the present Government in this matter on the authority of the late Mr. Canning, and be referred to a speech made by Mr. Canning, in a case as different from this as it was possible for one case to be from another.—(Hear, bear.) He unhesitatingly declared, that there wit not the least simi !erity between the entrance of the French into Episin ip 1823, and the motives which led the English Government to de cline interfering then, and the circumstances now under the consideration of the House. He t h ought the Government of that day Judged wisely ; but so far from thinking that the reasons which Induced them to take that course applied to this ease, he was of opinion that the principles then laid down had been acted upon by the present Government, being the principle of assisting Spain to maintain her independence. —(Loud cheers) —as far es possible taking care not to em bark beyond our means, or beyond what it would be wise to undertake. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman reminded them of the very wise advice which the Gallant Gentleman opposite gave to General Evans before he left the country, which was always to have six months' pay In advance in his chest.—( A laugh.) The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman had shown his ta lents in every field of battle in which he had been engaged, and his encounters had been many and difficult, but he must say that the advice he gave did great and surpassing credit to his judgment and sag acity.—( Laughter.) He much regretted that General Evans had been unable to take that bit of advice, but no reflection could, on that account, be cast on the Gal lant General. If the Spanish treasury could have afforded the means of keeping the military chest so well replenished, no doubt there would have been adopted every other description of counsel which they were so glad to re ceive from the Gallant General. How far the present motion of the lion. and Learned Gentleman might have the effect of preventing him from having six months' pay in advance—how far, by endeavouring to throw discredit on the cause, by taunt ing the British force and reeding them as mercenaries, by re presenting the contest as hopeless , ty a b s y do Il., s ile nt eo represen ting the eo t u h mn e t ro ryme people its being apathetic, and by admottie4jeig the Queen, how far it might be thought that, by such practices, esfa4cgeo Vticulties would be thrown in the way of our countrymen, it was not for but toe was pertatadecl that the tone of this him to decide; House this night—t.,Cherriev,,and the fe el i ng gf the public, would not render such attempts successfol—( Great cheering) —even if they were made. On the ,eontrary, he was con vincedethne. general stu d deer would be 1 tbe that at . the more the matter a ouestion was e l e , :i d it i o n , t t h h e e su m e o c r e d ss of the -% that cause t 6515 Pttiew.-- moting the e which ha :befit nobly undertaken ny in. ~.. ruv 11211 ; and Learned Gentleman considered the maasuros - ,f pro .l-i,",:sment of the troops, as grossly impolitio ; bat one of his reasons said appear to ti!;11 ( 1 4911 kgruuto9 rite se G c: n ig t hty as it seemed to be consiciecr by the Hon. d and Learned ally if their an h , i s m t s o el fi f. ah t H i n e said r nothing ign eoun w i a ill-advised esp eei as sending English troo w numbers were not etrie‘t. being forced to retreat. this - ^ . t . • tance and they were liable to the dishonour of ofillus , tration peel ion, an ins British army had been obliged had been referred to, in which to.. . eht in a fog. The Hon. to retreat, in consequence of being ewe, -main whether the fog and Learned Gentleman, however, did not e_ The Hon. and or the retreat made the grievance of the charge. -ere impar- Learned Gentleman should have remembered that fogs w. _ tial.—(A laugh. ) They were not like his Majesty's Governme__ —(Laughter.) They appeared on both sides, not on one side alone, therefore the mischance of a fog was surely no reason why it should cover either party with dishonour. But he would appeal to Gallant Offieers whom he saw opposite, to tell the House whe ther they ever went through a campaign in which none of the troops under their command ever rctreated , —(Hear, hear)_ in which, however small the number being resisted, they were able invariably to overcome the force opposed to them. If that was the only case the' Honourable and Learned Gentleman was able to make out—if his only objection was that the British troops being exposed to a fog, were liable to a retreat, or might retreat occasionally before a superior force—if the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman, during the eight months he had been in cogitation, had not been able to discover any more serious charge than that—if he had made it the subject of a resolution, he questioned if the House would have considered it a sufficient ground on which to censure his Ma jesty's Government.—( A laugh.) The fog. however, was not the only apprehension of the Hon. Gentleman , for he told them that if Austria, and Russia, and Naples had joined Don Carlos, they would have found themselves under the necessity of embarking in a war with those countries. Would the Hon. Gentleman say whether such an obligation arose out of the Order in Council, or out of the treaty? If he said it arose out of the Order in Council, he denied the assertion.—( . Hear, hear.) If he said it was part of the obliga tion created originally by treaty, that we should stand by those Powers with which we were in alliance, undoubtedly his assertion was true; but as he (Lord Palmerston) understood the object of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's speech. it was to show not the impolicy of the treaty, but the impolicy of the Order in Coun cil, and he confessed he was at a loss to understand how any danger of a collision with Austria, Russia, and Naples, could arise out of the Order in Council more than from the treaty. But the Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that one great triumph had been achieved by the course taken, for he asserted that it had settled a question which six Spanis h had decided in one way, and six in another. If they had been able to arrange so knotty a dispute as that, whether they could claim the merit of be ing successful war-makers or not, at least they were entitled to the merit of being successful mediators.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman said that by treaty England was bound to give arms and succour, and France had nothing else to do but to watch her fron tiers, and prevent a supply passing them. It certainly did appear that the obligation contracted by England was greater than that of France. But when the Hon. Gentleman came to consider that between the southern provinces of France and the northern pro vinces of Spain there was a great and constant commercial inter course, and when he considered also that, in order to execute the engagement made by France, it had been necessary almost to put a stop to that intercourse, the Hon. Gentleman would conceive that the faithful and complete execution of that article was imposing on France sacrifices far greater than those which our convention had imposed on this country.—(Hear, bear.) He begged further to say, that though Spain had been furnished with a considerable quantity of arms, as would appear by the papers laid on the table, yet the Spanish Government had undertaken to pay the whole.—( Hear, hear.) The lion. Gentleman might in sinuate that there would be some doubt as to the payment if Don Carlos were successful—( Hear, hear, and laughter)— but as he hoped and trusted that that event was not likely to take place, he did not himself feel any doubt as to the punctuality with %d ila; Spain would redeem her engag ement. He (Lord Palmer ston) said that lie did not feel much doubt upon this subject, not withstanding the high authority that had been produced by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. He founded his opinion not upon any book, not upon any particular document, but upon the general principles of human nature—on the belief of what were the feel ings of the Spanish people—on his conviction, with such a cause as that of Don Carlos, and with such a cause as that of the great majority of the Spanish nation, it was impossible that the right cause should not prevail—(Hear)—and therefore it was that he would not believe the success of Don Carlos was possible, until he saw Don Carlos descent from the modest retirement of the moun tains in which he now sheltered himself ; and until Don Carlos was surrounded with the acclamations of nine-tenths of the Spanish nation, and installed in his proper place, in all the magnificence of the Escurial.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Noble Lord had asked whether the Captain of the Rodney acted upon a late oc casion in consequence of orders from his Government, and if so, whether the instructions given would be laid upon the table ?—( Hear, hear.) He could tell the Noble Lord that the Captain f the Rodney acted in conformity with the instructions given to him. The Captain of the Rodney had done what the Government was most ready to acknowledge, anti which they would not shrink from avowing.—( Cheers.) But if he were asked to lay the instructions given to that Captain upon the table, his answer should be, that it was not during the executioreof in structions, customary to lay upon the table instructions given to captains, either by sea or land.—(Hear.) The great charge made rested upon one point. The charge of the Hon. Member rested upon this—that the Ministry had given support to the Queen of Spain, and that the people of England had no interest in the success of her arms. On that point he was at issue with the Hon. and Learned Member.—( Cheers.) On that point he was willing to rest the justification of the whole course of their pro ceedings on this question.—(Hear, and cheers.) If England had no interest in the success of the Queen's arms, then undoubtedly they had no right to conclude a treaty, and they were not justified in issuing the order in council. But England bad an interest in the success of that cause. And why had she an interest ? Be cause it was the interest of England that Spain should be free and prosperous.—( Cheers.) Because it was for the interest of Eng land whether Spain was a friend or an enemy, that she should be independent to preserve the balance of power in Europe—( Hear) —or whether they were to look at it in the narrow view of her being a nation trading with England, it was their interest that the resources and the wealth of Spain should be developed, and that Spain should receive the benefits of that Constitution which Mar tinez de la Rosa (and of whom the Noble Lord had spoken in such high terms) had laboured to procure for her. It was of import ance to England that Spain should no longer be under such a state of misrule as she was in the reign of Ferdinand, and to which she would return if Don Carlos ascended the throne.—( Hear, and cheers.) The Government was accused of meddling too much in the affairs of other nations. He should be glad to know from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman at what period of English history the Government of this country had not interfered in the affairs of other nations ? England must do so as long as she had commerce to protect, and shores to defend.—(Cheers.) He said that they had interfered in the affairs of Greece. He referred to their inter ference in that country, and that country had become free and inde pendent.—( Cheers.) The Greeks, who had been " pirates by sea, and robbers by land," as they had been the other night stigmatised with such names by the Honourable Member for Southampton, were now settling down into the arts of peace, they were 404c:cetera: building cities, they were founding towns, were cultivating lands, were extending themselves in commerce, and daily increasing in civilization, peace, and happiness.—(Long-con tinued cheers.) Where did the Government next• inter fere? In Belgium. Was Belgium worse off for their interference ? —( Hear, and ahem) Had any man in that House been in Bel gium in the course of the last year, and would that person tell him that it was not one of the most prosperous countries in Europe, having a King of its own choice, and though being in a state of half . peace and half war, having a large army, necessarily main taining a defensive force, and yet finding the means to bear the ex penses of the year without having recourse to a loan, and with ou t yet even heavy taxation on its population? --Hear, hear,) A n d these very people wise, when they belonged to one master, or ano. ther, were regarded as the most turbulent and discontented people in Europe, had now become a most happy and prosperous nation. (Cheers.) They had interfered, too, with Portugal—and their in terference with Portugal was supposed to be much worse than what they now did with respect to Spain . H ow did they find Portugal ? They found her distracted by a civil war, and oppressed by the most grinding tyranny—they found the flower of her nobility in exile or in prison, property confiscated, liberty insecure, commerce pended, industry at a stand--,they found It in the mo a st n degraded state in which a nation could be placed, and in what situa tion was she now? Enjoying a free Constitution, with it, Q ueen ' of h e r swn choice, parties almost annihilated—(Hear)—even th e shiguelites rsmonciled to their legitimate sovereign, and they found, in so short a period, the nation lo a course of prosperity, i n w hi ch, (r) Hear)—. I t o o u r a g ru a tie trusted, she would every day increase. —(Hear, With regard to Portugal, he would ask, had not they the same pro. ph ee ies uttered that they now heard concerning Spain ?—( Hear, and Of Donna Maria it was said, that it would asbe l di a ger u t t erl y 1. Donna a u m net d na p aroct c he ers, t o o i i o :l ie vf a a C st n i tehl e irndtnoulg ) was supported by a band of mercenaries-- otui th e es e t the i e 7) o n p o l wr e p e ople--( (Hear, and cheers)—and that her success was beyond human pos sibility.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) They now interfered in the affairs o f Spain, and that in a more decided and positive way than they had for the Queen of Portugal. In the propriety of that interference he entertained one opinion, and the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite another.-(Hear, hear, and cheers. ) Sir ROBERT PEEL observed that the Hon. Member for St. Alban's had expressed his surprise that a debate should be raised on the subject of foreign policy, without a distinct notice respecting the course that should be pursued. It was objected that this course should not be pursued upon the House going into a Committee of Supply. In the old times of the unre formed Parliament, that was always regarded as the conve nient opportunity for discussing all subjects of grievances, and calling attention to the conduct of Government, either in its fo reign or domestic policy, and that, too, without implying the ne cessity for any distinct motion.—(Hear, hear.) In the early and best periods of Parliamentary history, Hon, Gentlemen would find that most important discussions took place just at the very period which was now objected to.--(Hear, hear.) They were now about to vote away money for the ordnance estimates. If a discussion were to take place on this subject, in the very papers which had been placed that evening on the table, Hon. Gentlemen would find an invitation to the discussion in which they were then engaged.—(Hear, hear.) The papers which he then held in his handcontained an account of the stores fu rnished by the British Government to the Government of the Queen of Spain, and the sums paid, or for the payment of which guarantees were given. He postponed for the moment the consideration whe ther they were wise in giving those supplies; and part of those supplies, he would observe, were furnished by the Government over which he presided—(Hear)—but the amount of the supplies was another consideration, and they were upon this point perfectly justified in entering into the discussion of the probab ilit y of th e success of those to whom the supplies were afforded. They were, for instance, a large number of muskets ; but he was sorry to per ceive that the Hon. Member for Middlesex was buried in deep re pose.—(Cheers and laughter. ) Mr. HUME, who had been reclining on his seat, here stood up, and said : No, but I have been listening to your speaking to very little purpose for this last half hour.—(Loud laughter.) Sir ROBERT PEEL : Speaking to very little purpose for half an hour It is quite evident that the Hon. Member has mistaken my speech for that of the Noble Lord.—(Cheers and laughter.) I have not been speaking for five minutes, and the other five-and twenty minutes, of inapplicable reasoning , must go to the credit of the Noble Lord.--(Continued cheers and laughter.) The Right Hon. Baronet observed, that what they-were now touching upon were the Ordnance Estimates. He would repeat it for the Hon. Member for Middlesex-ethe Ordnance Estimate.—( Hear, and laughter.) He did not expect that the Hon. Gent. would pay any ettentioo te hi m here were particeiar and precise estimates, rind he W ed ' a • but should nnderstared the peinelplee upon Won it was discussed on the subject of foreign policy, nor even that he out any unfairness that he might call the Honourable Mem ber's attention to this , ”that the order of the day was for vote f pr supply on the Ordnance gstimates,—(l - fed, and dangh ter, ) And he would remark upon this, that this was the first time that he had ever known of the Ordnance preced;ug the —" Rctimates.—( Cries of " Oh !"Iron s the Ministerial bone es. ) Go Soain , nothing could Pe More with- But as a supply was - apeppriate or germane to the mater than this debate. 1 ne verf 'M OO 'c 11 for it and the rune which Geverllrnent bad c 7 ost A en d t m w it i t t i h ng s thenund reason that uu this a nd ex st p r e ie n t di p t r uz rie er ty as , ha s pursued was an invitation to the discussion. They found that 20,000 muskets were supplied to Spain, 10,000 car bi nes, 3,600 pistols, 10,000 bayonets, 3,000,000 cartridge s, 900,000 pounds of powder, and other items, the value of whic h (and no p ar t has been t iruept t whn p aifiidal e lwe'a e si x t3wB6 e a n s s 7oni est s of four hundred thousand pound was incurred, and that no part of it was liquidated, it was most justifiable in his Hon. Friend that he should have brought on this discussion, even though he had not been invited to it by the Noble Lord.—.(H ea r hear.) He confessed that the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) did •-• appear to hint, in the course of his speech, to have touched on -mints at Issue. The Noble Lord, indeed, said that " the the main k: • Ll - " and therefore not like the Government— fogs-were . he never heard A speech w hi c h Seemed (Laughter.) He conte e than ;a speech of th e N o bl e to be more the effect of " fogs obscurity . :Thiele the Noble bief p o int in di Lord had raised, g u h n t d tu er esca tn p ion.—(Hear, hear, and laughter) The question, appre hended, was this, whether they were to interfere in the Mil con testss " e from tno V. s • in contest of succession ?—( Hear hear.) To enter of Spain, a 1 - I —a e :o d u Lord—(laugh duadruple Alliance into the question involved in the policy of t he and the treaty, he was not then dispose d t o do ; but he wo uld say that, having ratified that treaty, they must perform to the letter its • ' provisions, whatever was the Government that swayed the destinies of this empire.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Whatever might be the Government, it should not be finding technical points to evade such a treaty, nor should it refuse to acquiesce in its engage ments by any doubts or objections.—(Hear, hear, hear,) That treaty was recognised as the public law of Europe—they were bound to that treaty ; they were bound in honour, a much stronger tie than any written engagement, to fulfil that treaty,-4 Tim, hear, and cheers.) In the fulfilment of that treaty, the Government over which he had the honour to preside did advise that 4. part of the arms, to which there was reference made in the ordnance sup plies, s hould be advanced to the Spanish Government, without pay ing for the value.—(Hear.) The Noble Lord had laid down a principle of interference with foreign Governments much more ex tensive than any he had before heard promulgatecl,—,(ffear, hear, and cheers.) For if the principle of the Noble Lord were acted upon, it would justify the intervention of this country with the do mestic contests of other nations.—(Hear.) No Government, he conceived, had a right to interfere with the affairs of another. The Noble Lord said they had a right to interfere in the affairs At Spain. They had carried on commerce with Spain, and the Noble Lord said it was their interest that they should establish free Government in Spain. Why the same objection might be made by despotic Governments, when they saw States assuming a popular form. The Noble Lord had stated that a reflection had been oast upon the character of the British Legion, and upon the character of the officers who commanded it. He was not there to say a word in disparagement of them—whatever was the cause in which they should be engaged, he would give them his sym pathy ; he was sure they would act up to their sense of duty, and advance that cause in which they conceived the true prin ciples of freedom were engaged. Supposing that they failed— supposing that sickness thinned their ranks, supposing that the jealousy of foreign commanders impeded their gallant exertions in that which was a common cause ; yet, he would ask, should all these mischances be a reflection upon them ? No ; but it should be a reflection upon those who had committed them in this struggle, and with them committed the name of the British nation, and the honour of the British arms.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) If the Quadruple Treaty required a foreign expedition, that might be an excuse to be admitted ; but he con tended that there was no obligation imposed by the Quad ruple Treaty on this countr and by which they were bo un d to recal the prohibition.—( dear.) Did the Treaty impose an obligation by which the prerogative of the Crown was to be exercised to repeal the Foreign Enlistment Act ?--(Hear. hear.) If it did not, then he was at perfect liberty to question the policy of an act which they were not bound to by treaty.—( Hear. ) He remained unconvinced that they were required by the treaty to permit an English army to be raised not under the immediate con trol of the Crown ; and he remained unconvinced that such a course, under the circumstances, was the one most advisable for them to pursue. Were they, he would ask, to support the British soldiers of General Evans by some more marked exertion of the military vigour of this country ? They had begun a decided course —they could not retrace it, and they were now in a worse position than they ever were.—( Hear, hear.) He was no partisan of Don Carlos ; but all he wished was, that no party in this country had placed them in the position in which they now stood. The Noble Lord asked them had we not interposed, and with success? The Noble Lord boasted of having interfered in the affairs of Greece, of Portugal, and of Belgium. The Crown of Portugal, he would remark, was supported upon different grounds—they stood in a dif ferent position with regard to Portugal, than to any other country in the world.—( Hear, hear.) They were bound to Portugal by a special treaty, and by which they could interfere with a naval force. It was pe r f ec tly pl a i n th a t thi s right of interfering was different from their interference with the domestic affairs of any other country. But how did they interfere with Belgium ? It was said they could interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries. Why, they refused to interfere with Belgium.—(Cheers.) There was a question, indeed, whether they were not bound to support the rights of the King of Holland.; but they declined doing so, He was sure that the Right Hon. baronet, the Member for Not tingham, would recollett the case of Belgium, for there an objec tion had been made to an expression in the King's speech with re spect to one of the parties. And yet it was said that they had a right to interfere in the domestic affairs of another nation. Lord PALMERSTON—I did not say the domestic affairs. Sir R. PEEL—It is upon that the whole question turns.— (Cheers from the Opposition members.) He admitted that they were bound to repel an attack of a foreign foe. If they contracted a defen s i ve a lli ance w ith ano th er coun t r y, suc h as Spain or Por tugal, they were on the ground of that defensive alliance, bound to interpose, and take care that no foreign power should intrude and subdue them. But that was not the ground laid down here, for no foreign power had invaded them. IT. professed, he thought, the principle of non-intervention—( Hear, and continued cheering from the Opposition benches) —excepting in cases of peculiar, of over whelming necessity.—(Cheers.) The gravamen of the charge there was that two parties were engaged in a civil contest, and that they had undertook to decide the question 'whether the claim of the Basque provinces was founded in justice or otherwise.—(Hear.) Without having the least pretence for interfering in such a ques tion, they took upon themselves to determine it. There was no country attacking Spain—where then was Spain threatened with foreign aggression?--( . Hear.) In case she were to be ettaelsed by a foreign power, lie would not dispute the propriety of our inter ference in her behalf. He must say further, that he very much doubted. the result of this intervention. Even if by it we succeeded in re-establishing the authority of the Queen of Spain, it appeared to him that an establishment set tled thus, by means of foreign aid, could hold out but very faint prospects of durability. He - doubted very much the propriety of the policy of permitting a large corps of British soldier s , no t b eing i mme di a tely under the control of their sovereign, to enter the ser vice of a foreign nation. Why, let- the case be supposed that the levy for the Queen of Spain should amount in time to 20,000 men, that they were joined upon their foreign service by troops from other nations, and that eventually they were victorious, and re turned successful to this country. In such a case, he would not conceal from himself that he might entertain considerable alarm from the circumstance of having within our own country different armies, of course of the same nation, but entertaining s e c h ( w et rent views, as they most probably would upon row points.— ( Hear, hear.) On these general principles of foreign policy, he should oppose the proposal made by the Noble Lord. He did not think it neceesary to move an amendment on this occasion, but he would beg to assert his undoubted privilege to take the opportunity of a motion of supply, to express an opinion upon the foreign po licy pursued by the Government of this country for the time being. —(Cheers. e , MACLEAN explained that he had not said, nor intended to say, that it was contrary to the law of nations to send troops in sup port of the Government of a foreign country, Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said the right Hon. Baronet, besides endeavouring to terrify his Majesty's Ministers, the House, and the whole country, with a picture of imprudence of their foreign policy, and endeavouring to show how far they might be called on, by what they had done, to interfere more deeply in the effeire of Spain, to the great hazard of our social reign - is, had concluded by stating that if General Evans returned to this country at the head of his troops triumphant, they would be more dangerous to this country than if they had been beaten.—(Hear, hear, and " No, no," from Sir Bs Peel,) He begged the Right Hon. Baronet'si pardon, and that of his friends around him, but he really thought he was correct in his recollection of the passage in the Right Hon. Ba ronet's speech, in which after having detailed the disgrace which the defeat of cur countrymen would bring upon the nation, veil, tared to end his admirable speech by picturing how dangeenee wale be the victory of General Evans, for that he wield then come back to this country at the 444 of it Mercenary army which— (The Right H"n, Ilaroeet was interrupted by cries of it IA oh.") Sir R. PEEL--,I never stated that, Sir .1, C, HOHHOUSE....WeII t at least the Hon. Baronet said something to the same effect ; he said that General Evans would return at the head of his army, which had been colleeted un der extraordinary sire 'instances, and that his so coming back would produce, not perhaps immediate danger to the country, but an ano— malous position of affairs, which would in some way or other dread fully embarrass the Government for the time being, and the peace of the country ; and that this was an evil, whether contingent or immediate, which it would be well to avoid, It was not - for him (Sir J. Hobhouse) to dispute the ralour.and the terrors of the great General Evans— .. Great let me call him, For he conquered me." --(Laughter.) And although the Right Hon. Gentleman had made a most ingenious and edifying discourse upon the subject, he must be permitted to say, that there was something about the Right Hon. Gentleman's genius almost too ponderous for a joke.--(Hear, and laughter.) He must say further, that in the discussion of this question, the Right Hon. .Gentleman had not treated his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Foreign Department quite fairly, neither had he consulted the dignity of the House, nor, if he might be permitted to say it, of himself, by the course which he had thought proper to take.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") It would be recollected, that during the short time the Right Ho nourable Gentleman and his Colleagues were in office, the Right Honourable Gentlemana took an opportunity of stating in that House that he had maintined the existing treaties which he found on coming into office, and that he considered himself bound to do so, and to follow the policy of his predecessors.—(Hear, hear)—and he (Sir John Hobhouse) would now take the liberty of saying, that in pursuance of this principle, the provisions of the Quadrupl e Alli ance m i g h t h ave b een carried out further whilst they were about it, by the equipment of a naval force in support of the Queen of Spain. This had not been done, however • by so doing, a more di rect act o f h ost i l i ty against Don Carlos would have been committed, and there certainly would not have been any ground for complaining of the anomalous line of conduct now attri buted to this country. The Right Hon. Gentleman had made an observation, that the Ministers of this country ought not to suffer themselves to be diverted or called aside from what the great com mercial necessities and the interests of freedom demanded, by vague and general notions of foreign policy. Now if it turned out that the course pursued on the present occasion was conducive in the end to the commercial advantages of this country, he presumed the principle upon which we had acted would not be called vague ; or if the great interests of freedom, whereof this country was of old the great and prescriptive defender, were secured by it, then he presumed no vagueness of principle would be attri buted to them.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman then talked about intervention—he said that sometimes the present Ministers were for intervention, and called it non-intervention ; and sometimes they were for non-intervention, and called it inter vention. Now, in pursuance of this ingenious vi t ynco, the Right Hon. Gentleman had fallen intq lie • Mistakes, which he should just wiiis to reinied hire should like, in the first place, to refer the Right Hen. Gentleman to a notice put upon the books a short time before the Right Hon. Gentleman wept out of office, en the subject of the disputes between . 1.4 iiiNg of Holland and his subjects.—(Heer ‘l9le was it put That notice upon the booke a Why, the ht Genileman - himielf.—(Hear, hear. ) whet was it deel ' 5 d that KlOg argHolland's subjects were not justified in the ciiisse they hid talcer! up ? Why, the Right Clent16111 " i l i Ft sE " i an 4 the ellusiene to the suh,loct in the Speech feene the Throne muter the Duke of Wellinatee •- verument at that - . t time, showed .. vovera- wits not oulT justifiable ? but i on of the King of England ano his Ministers to be, that intervention in the affairs of that coun t'? iAdispensable. There was ano their mistake of the Right Hon. Gentleman's. He said, " You did not interfere in the case of Belgium • why did you interfer e i n Spain ?" N ow , h e (Si r John Hobbouse) would like to ask what was the charge that had been made against his Noble Friend, year after year, in respect to Belgian affairs ? Why, certainly not that he had not interfered, but that he did interfere.—(Hear, hear. ) The truth of the matter was this, whether his Noble Friend inter fered or did not interfere —whichever way he acted—the Right . Hon. Gentleman and his friends must complain.—(Hear, hear. ) If his Noble Friend and his colleagues did nothing, they were told they ought to do something ; if they did . something, they were told that they ought to attempt more.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The fact was, that his Noble Friend, during the few years he had held the °lke of Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, had had to contend with difficulties such as no Foreign Secretary had hitherto ever had to contend with—(Hear, hear), and he must , say further, that in his opinion his Noble Friend had come forth from his arduous labonrs—in which certainly he had been supported by all the native energies of his country, and also by the general principles and feelings of his countrymen—he had come fort from th ose arduous duties with a more complete success than an y one who had preceded him in such an office.—(Hear, hear, and Oh, oh,) His Noble Friend had succeeded in keeping alive and spreading the _great flame o f f ree d om which had marked the character and intellect of the British people ever since we had been a nation, through eiroomstanees of unparalleled difficulty —he had compromised nothing of the nation's dignity, and stood clearer in the face of his country and of surrounding nations, than arty Foreign Secretary who had ever sat upon that bench,-4 Hear, bear, wzl n 1 laughter, and cries of "Oh, oh" front the Opposition ',Jenehes ' . ) I Did the Noble Lord of (Ai% whq laughed at *:;nat he had just said . , suppese 41E0 he filir John H0h1... am) said this from any feeling or private regar for the Noble Secretary,_( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He %poke upon very different grounds ; Circum stances had brought his Noble Friend and himself to sit upon the same bench.—(lronical cheers from the Oppositio n .) H e wou l d tell this to the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Mahon, we believe) that nothing which the Noble Lord himself could promise him, nothing that he could offer him —no interest or patronage that he could give him, would induce him (Sir J. Hol3bousa) to say one word wilieb be did not in his conscience believe to be true ; I 11114 in the thorough conviction of the truth of what he was uttering, he again repeated his opinion—on all that he had seen of the foreign licy Of his Noble Friend, that his Noble Friend had acquitted himself with a greater share of triumph than ono of els predecessors in office.—( Hear, hear.) Affairs were now precisely in the same position as they were in 1834, when the Right Hon. Baronet and his colleagues accepted office, and if they found no difficulty in carrying on our foreign rela tions as they found them then, he ;maintained that they wou ld fi n d no more difficulty to-morrow in the matter if they were to be called to the Government again. i iMr. T. DUNCOMBE could not concur in the opinion of the case expressed by the Noble Lord, the Member for Hertford, nor could he allow that the predictions of the Noble Lord on this subject had been fulfilled. The Hon. Member next coVCended that the con vention of Lord Eliot NA proved to be a mere delusion, and was not adhered t by . the Carlist troops a s it s h ou ld b e. I n answer to time who uesalaained of the reel of the Foreign Enlistment A c t, he would ask in return, what had been said by the Tories against it in 1794, when the French enlistment Act took place ? Before he sat down he would, with permission of the House endeavour to call upon the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs in favour not of the prisoners In Spain, but:of the French prison ers i n th e cas tl e o f H am he meant the unhappy Ministers of the, deposed Charles X. He had learned with deep feelings of pain, that three or four out of these six state prisoners were fast sinking into the grave, on account of the damp and injurious climate to which they were exposed, added to the mental sufferings which they necessarily endured. If this fatal result did take place within these prison walls, it would, in his opinion, cast an everlasting gloom and stigma upon the rejoicings of the days of July, and upon the memory of the Barricades. Polignae and his companions had been imprisoned now nearly six years, and he would ask, was not that a sufficient punishment to atone for th e conduct of whi c h th ey h a d b een guilty"? Mr. BROTHERTON rose at this period, the clock being a few minutes after twelve, for the purpose of moving the adjournment of the debate. The Hon. Member was received with loud cheering, and cries of ' Adjourn." Mr. BORTHWICK rose and said, " I shall be very unwilling to—" The Hon. Member's voice was then drowned in cries of " Ad journ, adjourn." BROTHERTON again rose to move the adjournment of the debate, Mr. BORTHWICK again attempted to be heard, but was una ble to proceed on account of the loud cries of " Adjourn, adjourn." The confusion here was very great, half the Members having risen from their seats and collected round the table. Mr. F. BARING interposed, for the purpose of having some formal business passed. Order at length being obtained, the de bate was understood to have been adjourned, and the House went into a Committee of Supply, pro forma, after which the House resumed. One of the Orders of the Day being moved by Lord PAL AIERSTON, on which it appeared likely a debate would arise— Colonel SIBTHORP interposed, and de' red that as it had been understood at the commencement of the session, that no de bateable subject should be brought on after 12 o'clock, he was re solved if the Hon. Member for Salford (Mr. Brotherton) did not persist in the notice he had givon 4 to move the adjournment of the House himself every Itielhl 4t twelve o'clock.—(Hear, hear.) It was impossible that the public business could be properly performed after that hour, tgixi PALAIERSTON at once withdrew his motion. The other orders were disposed of, and the House adjourned at half-past 12. -•-••••• Bath, and Military Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Gaelphic Order. QUEEN'S-HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 24. This day M. Dedel, Envoy Extraordin ar y and Minister Plenipo tentiary from the Ki ng o f the Netherlands, had his first audience of her Majesty : To which he was introduced by Earl Howe, her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Knt., Master of the Ceremon'es. At the Court at St. James's the 23:1day of February; present, 914 King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, His Majesty in Coun cil was this day pleased to appoint, Henry Thomas hamberlayne, of Stoney Thorpe, Esq., to be She riff of the County of Warwick, in the room of Henry Cadwallader Adams, of Ansty, Esq. FOREIGN OFFICE, F EB . 25, , 1836. Tt has been notifi e d t o hi s M a j esty ' s Principal Secretary of State for Fo re i gn Affairs, by his Maj es ty' s Charge d'AffaiN,s at Caracas, that the President of the Republic of Veaezuela has by a decree dated the 10th of December, 1835, declared the fortress and town of Puerto Cabello to be in a state of blockade ; and that the same will be maintained until the surrender of the force which, at that time, occupied the castle and town of Puerto Cabello. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 23. This day had audiencP, of his Majesty— The Count de Bjernstjerna, Envoy Extraordinary ;and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Sweden and Ntrway, to deliv er letters from hi s S overe i gn; M. Van de Weyer, - Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the ‘l:ing of the Belgians, to take leave for a short period of absence ; and M. Ded:.l, Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of the Ne therlands, to deliver his eredentiis; to which they were respectively introduced by Lord Viscount Palmerston his Majesty's Principal Secretary or State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Rut., Master of the Ceremonies. R OFFICE, FEB. 26. 15th Regime n t o f L Aight Dragoons —Major A. Campbell, Pay master of a Recruiting District, to be Paymaster, vice Leech, who exchanges, Feb. 26. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign C. T. Jones, from the 81st Re giment, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glegg, who retires, Feb. 26. 7th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. H. A. Graham, from the 75th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Nixon, appointed to the 334 Re giment, Feb. 26. Bth Foot—G. L. Marshall, Gent., to ba Ensign, by purchase, vice Harte, who retires, Feb. 26. 14th Foot—Captain A. Ormsby, from the half-pay Unattaerted: to be Captain, vice B. V. Layard, w h o exchanges ; H. Coe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kerr, appointed •t, the 534 Regiment, Feb - . 26. • , 16th Rot—Quartermaster J. Goodfellow, frail the 38th •Ree 4.:. ment, to be Quartermaster, vice Rodgers, who ex.ehapges, Ser 25; 33d Foot—Lieutenant W. T. Nixon, from the 7thlßeginient; to be Lieutenant, vice M. Forbes, who retires upon half:111y caf:the 58th Regiment, Feb. 26; Ensign H. K. Erskine to.le Lieute nant by purchase, vice Foskey, who retires ; C. P. B. Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Erskine, Feb. 27...„, 38th Foot—Quartermaster J. Rodgers, from the 26th .Regi ment, to be Quartermaster, vice Goodfellow, who exchang: , s, Sept. 25, 1335. 47th Foot—Lieutenant W. Skipwith to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Elliot, who retires ; Ensign H. L. L. Kaye to ba Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Skipwith ; G. .1. Elliott, Gout, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kaye, Feb. 26. 53(1 Foot—Lieutenant E. Bold to be Captain, by purchase, vice &got, who retires; Ensign C. Inge to be Lieutenant, by pur chase' vice Bond; Ensign C. H. K err , f rom t h e 14th Regiment to be Ensign, vice Inge, Feb. 26. , 58th Foot—Ensign W. H Collins to b e Lieut., b 1 p urchase, vice Guthrie, who retires, Feb. 26 • Ensign and Ike; ntant 0. Gor man to have the rank of Lieut., Feb. 27 ; M. 1 ill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Collins, Feb. 26. 60th Foot—Lieut. F. R. Palmer ' from ';:ne 89t1fRegiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Wright, w h o exchanr' e s, Feb. 26. 64th Foot—Lieut. J. F. Kirkwoo':t t o be Adjutant, vice Canavan, who resigns the Adjuta nc y only, - 7Ceb. 26. 67th Foot—Major W. D. Mercer, from the half pay Unat Itched, to be Major, vice P. Johnston, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Feb. 26, 70th Foot—Ensign W. M. Bigge ty be Lieutenant, by purchase, p vice Reed, prom o t e d i n the 'B4th Regiment ; Hon. T . H. Thor low to be Ensign by purchase, vice Bigge, Feb. 26. 75th Foot—Lieut. W. Grey, from the half-pay of the 58th Re giment, to be Lieuteant, vice Graham, appointed to the 7th Regi ment, Feb. 26. 81st Foot.—C. W. Thompson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jones, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, Feb. 26. 84th Foot—Lieut. M. B. G. Reed, from the 70th Regiment, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pack, who retires, Feb. 26. 89th Foot—Lieut. T. Wright, from the 60th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Palmer, who exchanges, Feb. 26. Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies—Capt. B. Kerr, from the half-pay Unattached, to be. Captain, vice Mackenzie, promoted. Feb. 26. STAFF. Paymaster F. E. Leech, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice Campbell, who ex changes, Feb. 26. BREVET. Captain J. Byrne, of the 31st Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Feb. 26. MEMORANDUM. The Christian names of Ensign Paget, of the 51st Regiment, are Cecil Augustus. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk. Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia. Stratton Marsham, Esq. to be Captain vice Ives, resigned, Feb. 2. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM BULL, corn-chandler, Wdsted-street, Somers'- town. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM CROSTON the 'young er, ainter , Torteth- ark, near Liverpool, BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM TATCIIELL and SAMUEL CLARKE, flax dealers, Great Eastcheap, London ; March 7, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Dunn and W adtworth, Threadneedle -street; Lackington, of f icial-assignee, Basinghall street. • RICHARD HAYS (and not Hayes, as inserted in last Tues day's " Gazette "), bookseller, Regent-street, March 5, at eleven, and April 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Newton and Ensor, South-square, Gray's-Inn ; Whitmore, official-assigne, Basinghall-street. JAMES COL 'DIAN, wine -merchant, Wellclose-square, March 8, at one, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchureh-lane, official-assignee ; Swan, Great Knight Rider-street, Doctors' Commons. JOHN SYMMONS, draper, Haverfordwest, March 8, and April 8, at eleven, at the Castle Inn, Haverfordwest. Rees, Haverfordwest. JOHN SCHOLEFIELD and WILLIAM SCHOLEFIELD, corn-millers, Mirfield, Yorkshier, March 14, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, and April 8, at two, at the Stratford Arms Inn, Wakefield. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery - lane; Rylah, Mirfield, near Dewsbury. JOHN GOUDIE, merchant, Liverpool, March 14, at eleven, and April 8, at three, at the Commissioners-rooms, St. James's square, Manchester. Sale, Manchester; Baxter, Lincoln's-inn fields. THE SCN, LONDON, SATURDAII fEIItWARY 27, 1856, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) ABERDEEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed,—" That the Bill be now read a second time • "—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day six 'months :"......Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question :—The House divided : AYES-118. Gt ey, Colonel Guest, J. J. Harland, W. Hay, Sir A. L. Hector, C. J. Hindley, Chailes Hodges, 'l'. L. Hodges, T.'l'. Holland, Edward Hume, Joseph Jervis, J. Langton CoL G. Leader, John Temple Lennox ' Lord G. Lynch, A. H. Mackenzie, .1. A. S, Macleod, H. Macnarnma W. Nlarioribanks, S. Marsland, H. Maule, Hon. Fox, Morrison, J. Murray, J A. Alts rave, Sir H. North, F. O'Connell, D. O'Coppell, J, O'Connell, Maurice O'Connell, M. J. (PCniinell, Morgan O'Connor Don Oliphant, L. O'Loghlen, Sergeant Oswald, R. A. rtqltf-r, J. Parnell, sir H. Parrott, J. Pondarves, E. W Phillips, Mark Potter, IL Acheson, Viscount Aglionhy, H. A. Ainsworth, Peer Bagshaw, John • Baines, E. Ha Ir. Barnard, E. G. Bellew, It. M. Bellew, Sir P. Benett, John islackburne, J. Bowes, J. Bridgman, Hewitt Brotherton, J. Brownrigg, J. S. Buckingham, J. S. Butler, Hon. P. S. Byng, G. S. Callaghan, D. Chalmers, P. Childers, J, W, lasYs Clive, E. B. Crawford, W. S. Crawford, W. Dillwyn, L W, Divett, Duopi:nibe, T. S. Dundas, J. D. Fergusson, Sir It. C. Ferguson, It. Ferguson, K. C. Finn, W, V. Fitasimen, C. Folkes, Sir W. Gaskell, Gillon, W. D. Goring, Girt P) 1.3). (irpi (1. (ire.y, Sir G. • Poulter, J. S. Price, Sir It. Pryme, G. Robinson, G. It. Roche, D. Itoe:aick, J. A. Itiithven, F. - Rutliven, K S. Sanford, K A. Scholefield, J. Scott, Sir E D. Sharpe, 6e,eral Shell, It. L. Sheldon, K R. C. St.tilley, E. J. Steuart, R.' Stewart, P: M. Strickland, Sir G. Stuart, Lord Dudley Tanorod, H. W. Thompson, T. P. `l'horneley, Thomas Townley, R. G. Trelawney, Sir W. Tynte, C. J. K. Walley, Thomas Walker. C. A. Walker, R t Wallace, R. Wawn, IL Whalley, Sir S. White, S. Wilks, J. Wilmot, Sir Eardley Winnington, Sir T. Winnington, H. J. E. Wrottesley, Sir J. TELLRES. Bannerman, A. Campbell, W. F. Alsager, Richard Arbuthnot, Han, H. Bainbridge, E. T. Balfour, 1'; 114 relay, C. Ilutesoik, Sir R. Beckett, Sir J. Bell, M. Bettie% BiiicAtsturie, W. S. 113,onkamF. R. Borthwlult, Peter Brume, C. L C. Brudenell, Lord Buller, Sir J. Y. Campi.ell, Sir H. Cast teroagl4, V isct. Chandus, garquis of Chisholm, A. Compton, H. C. Conolly, E. M. Corry, H. L. I )uthehl, T. D. Eaton, Richard J. Egerton, 1, - .rd Fran. NOES-72. Riley, Sir J. Entwistle,.lohn Fector, John Millet Fergusson, G. Forbes, W. Forrester, Hen. C. I Freshtield, J. W. Gladstone T. Gordon,Hon. W. Gou'burn, H. Greisley, Sir R. Grimston, Lord Halle, J. Hamilton ' Lord C. Hanmer, Sir J. Hardy, J. Henniker, Lord Ingham, Robert Irton, S. Johnstone, J. J. H. Jones, Captain Kearsey, J. H Knatchhull, Sir E. Lister, K C. Longtielo, R. Lygon, Colonel Mackinnon, W. A. Marslaad, T. Miles, W. Parker, M. E. N. Peel, \V. y. Plumptre, J. P. Polltngton, Viscount Powell, \V K Price, Richard Pusey, Philip Rae, it William ltoss, C. Bandon, Lord Smyth, Sir G. LI. Somerset, Lord G. Stanley, E. Trevor, A. Trevor, Hon. G. R. Wilbraham, R. B. Wortley, Hon. J. S. Wyndham. W. TELLERS. Clerk, Sir G., Bart. Pringle, A. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 26. Member returned to serve in this present Parliament. Borough of Clonmel—Nicholas Ball, of No. 85, Stephen's-green, Dublin, Esq., in the room of Dominick Ronayne, Esq., deceased. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 25. Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Sunday next, the 28th instant, for her late Majesty the Queen of the Two Sicilies—viz. The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Sunday, the 13th of March next—viz. The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribands, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribands. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. One week of the above mourning is also to be for her late Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Hesse. And on Sunday, the 20th of March next, the Court to go out of mourning. OFFICE OF THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN TO THE QUEEN, FEB. 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel W. Jones one of her Majesty's Gentlemen Ushers Quarterly Waiters, vice Stanhope, resigned. . ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 23. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour ': t . knight hood upon Major-General Wilshire Wilson, o f tic Royal Artil military, Knight Commander of the,ery, Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Fyn. 23. The Kin• vv44 this day pleased to confer the tionour of Knight hood R baptain the Honourable James Ashley Maude, o f th e Royal p Navy, Compa nion of the Mott Honourable Military . Order of the Bath, Military Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order ; Ictilght o the Order of St. Louis ; of the second Order gf 'ilk, /Vino of Russia ; and Commander of the Order of the Redeemer. of Qwee, . ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 23. The King eras this day pleased to coast' the honour of Knight hood on John Strutt Peyton, ES,' . , Military Knight Cemm.- 1 1 Captain in the Royal I`lo7 y , Order. ...utter of the Royal Hanoverian Cuelphie ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEE. 23, The King was this day pleased to confer tho honour of Knight hood upon James John Gordonßrerher, Navy, en Captain in the Royal Companion of th e Molt Hanowable Mil , it ;i lrl Order ate DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Raulauptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Baker and T. Little, woollen drapers, Leadenhall-street, March 21, at half-past twelve—J. Wilson, upholsterer, Liverpool street, 13ishopsg,W, March 19, at eleven—J. Lewis, merchant, Rood-lane, 11.19.rch 18, at two—C. Welman, linen draper, Bridport, Dorsetshire, March 18, at one—W. Steel, stable keeper, Berkeley street, West, Edgeware-road, March 18, at twelve. In the Country. J. Broom and Co., fancy cloth manufacturers, Huddersfield, March 23, at twelve, at the George Hotel, Huddersfield—T. Payne, innkeeper, Folkstone, Kent, March 21, at eleven, at the Town. Hall, Folkstone—W. H. Guy, woollen draper, Stroud, Glouces tershire, March 24, at twelve, at the Upper George Inn, Gloucester —R. Curtis, tanner, Warrington, Lancashire, March 19, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester---J. Grimble, tailor, Nor wich, March 21, at twelve, at the White Swan Inn, Norwich. CERTIFICATES.—MARCH IS. J. C. Bond, factor, Birmingham—R. Hillier, provision mer chant, Newport, Mo nm outh s hi re —J. Davis, upholsterer, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square—S. C. Hancock, cheese factor, Newbury, Berkshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. Wasdale and Co., millers, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon shire—J. At , therlev and G. Bayley, mercers, Whitchurch, Shrop shire—A. Pickett and 'l'. T. Holman, livery stablekeepers, Brighton—A. Blount and H. A. Bowie, East India warehousemen, New Bond-street--J. Craig and T. Smith, Scotch ale merchants, Potter's Fields, Surrey—s. Nye and Co., surgical instrument manufacturers, Tunbridge-terrace, St. Andrew's-road, Newington —B. P. Smith and G. Jones, surgeons, St. Leonard's-on-Sea-- W. J. Cripps and D. Lockett, druggists, St. Mary Cray, Kent— T. Andrews and C. Perry, auctioneers, Warwick-court, Gray's Inn —J. Singleton, jun. and R. Cooper, land agents, York—W. Hannen and G. Riley, ale brewers, Swansea, Glamnrganshire—J. Butterworth and J. Senior, machine makers, Ossett, Yorkshire—J. Winston and D. E. Morris, proprietors of the Theatre Royal Hay market--B. Hirst and J. Ashton, cloth finishers, Huddersfield—T. Brown and J. Salmons, coachmakers, Newport Pannell, Bucking hamshire—S. Smith and Co., engravers, Salford, Lancashire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS JOHN M'GREGOR, manufacturer, Kettle, Fifeshire, March 1 and 16, at one, at Mitchinson's Inn, Auchtermuchty. JAMES DICK, dealer in porter, Edinburgh, March 2 ,and 17„ at twelve, at Paxton's Exchange, Coffee-room, Edinburgh. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEB. 215.—1 n a convocation holden this thy the following degrees were conferred:— DOCTOR IN DIVINITY, GRAND COMPOUNDER.. Rev. Ed ward Bouverie Pusey, Canon of Christ Churet, Regius Pro fessor of Hebrew. MASTER OF ARTS.—Rev. Samuel I Compounder ; George Kettilby r...eick ...ysons, Exeter, Grand ards', Trinity ; Rev. William Hornby, Christ Courel) ; Edward James, St. John's ; Robert Lowe, Fellow of 1 a I\l9- g en. d BACHELORS Ok AR T ; —George Lowe, Merton; Alfred G at ty, 11 r, election of the Proctors for the ensuing year having .alcen place in their respective Colleges according to the Caro line statute the names of the Gentlemen appointed to fi!l that office were on Wednesday last announced to the' Vice-Chan cellor. They are—The Rev. Robert Hussey, M.A., Student of Christ Church ; and the Rev. Henry Thorpe, M. A., 'tato Fellow of St. John's. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 26.—At the congregation on the 17th instant Charles Bernal, of Clare Hall, was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. At the congregation on the 3d inst. Francis Nich o l as, M. A. , of Wadham College, Oxford, admitted ad eundem. mANcHRSTEP AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAIL wAY.—The r'''ived Committee on the Bill assembled yester day to ';nquire into the allegations of three petitions upon St . - 4n di n g Orders, presented at th e i nstance of the South Union Railway , against the Manchester and Cheshire Junc tion Railway Company. The Committee decided .that the Standing Orders had been fully complied with, and the Bill therefore now stands for second reading in due cOurse. LIVERPOOL COTTON -MARKET, FEB. 25.—We have had a mod erate d emand for Cotton to-slitY• Sales, 2,004, chiefl) , America,u descriptions, at yesterday's quotatiutis.